Abell 1656: 422 Million Light Years
Seeing this galaxy cluster on a Saturday night led to the creation of these pages. How far away is 422 million light years, really? 422 million years ago there were no people, of course, and that's just for starters. The North American continent was under water, near the equator. This was the Silurian age, known for corals, 10-foot long sea scorpions, trilobites, and for the appearance of the first land animals.
